■ Spanish GP
Capirossi reigns in Spain
Loris Capirossi of Italy won the MotoGP in Sunday's season-opening Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, while world champion and compatriot Valentino Rossi was 14th. Capirossi, who started on the pole, timed 45 minutes, 57.733 seconds. Spain's Daniel Pedrosa, the 250cc world champion, finished second on a Honda, 4.375 seconds behind. US rider Nicky Hayden finished third, 9.996 seconds behind the Italian. Seven-time world champion Rossi was hit by Tony Elias' bike in the first curve, sending him sliding and off the track and forcing him to resume the race from last position. Jorge Lorenzo won his first 250cc race and Alvaro Bautista won the 125cc event.
■ Biathlon
Bjorndalen, Tjorhom win
Ole Einar Bjorndalen and Linda Tjorhom won season-ending World Cup mass start races Sunday at Holmenkollen in Oslo. Bjorndalen took the men's 15km event in 39 minutes, 1.7 seconds after two misses. It was the Norwegian's 63rd World Cup win -- a new record -- and his third straight this weekend at the cradle of Nordic skiing. Roman Dostal of the Czech Republic was second, 12.1 seconds behind. He also missed two of his 20 targets. Bjorndalen, who clinched his record-tying fourth overall title Saturday, topped the final mass start standings ahead of Raphael Poiree of France, who also was second overall.
■ Rally racing
Loeb takes Catalunya
World champion Sebastien Loeb won his second straight Catalunya Rally on Sunday in Pratdip, Spain, with fellow Citroen driver Daniel Sordo finishing second. Loeb, the three-time world champ, finished the 16 stages over three days in 3 hours, 22 minutes, 1.7 seconds. Sordo was 48.2 seconds behind.
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